NHL Pool Guide: Top 40 goaltenders

Tuukka Rask, Pekka Rinne, and Jimmy Howard are among the NHL's elite goaltenders (AP)

Sportsnet Magazine presents the top 40 goaltenders in its NHL Pool Guide for the upcoming 2013-14 season, complete with projections for wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts.

Positional rankings: Defencemen | Left Wingers | Centres | Right Wingers

RANK PLAYER TEAM PROJECTIONS
01 Tuukka Rask Boston W: 42 | GAA: 2.04 | SP: .928 | SO: 8
02 Pekka Rinne Nashville W: 40 | GAA: 2.17 | SP: .931 | SO: 9
03 Jimmy Howard Detroit W: 40 | GAA: 2.22 | SP: .927 | SO: 7
04 Antti Niemi San Jose W: 38 | GAA: 2.37 | SP: .917 | SO: 6
05 Corey Crawford Chicago W: 38 | GAA: 2.14 | SP: .920 | SO: 5
06 Henrik Lundqvist NY Rangers W: 37 | GAA: 2.29 | SP: .919 | SO: 8
07 Marc-André Fleury Pittsburgh W: 37 | GAA: 2.38 | SP: .917 | SO: 3
08 Evgeni Nabokov NY Islanders W: 35 | GAA: 2.52 | SP: .913 | SO: 4
09 Jonathan Quick Los Angeles W: 35 | GAA: 2.32 | SP: .914 | SO: 6
10 Sergei Bobrovsky Columbus W: 34 | GAA: 2.28 | SP: .923 | SO: 6
11 Mike Smith Phoenix W: 34 | GAA: 2.32 | SP: .920 | SO: 7
12 Roberto Luongo Vancouver W: 34 | GAA: 2.35 | SP: .916 | SO: 5
13 Carey Price Montreal W: 33 | GAA: 2.46 | SP: .912 | SO: 4
14 Craig Anderson Ottawa W: 33 | GAA: 2.07 | SP: .921 | SO: 6
15 Kari Lehtonen Dallas W: 32 | GAA: 2.57 | SP: .915 | SO: 3
16 Ondrej Pavelec Winnipeg W: 31 | GAA: 2.67 | SP: .905 | SO: 4
17 Devan Dubnyk Edmonton W: 30 | GAA: 2.56 | SP: .915 | SO: 4
18 Ryan Miller Buffalo W: 30 | GAA: 2.61 | SP: .916 | SO: 4
19 Braden Holtby Washington W: 30 | GAA: 2.45 | SP: .921 | SO: 6
20 Brian Elliot St. Louis W: 30 | GAA: 2.13 | SP: .917 | SO: 5
21 Semyon Varlamov Colorado W: 29 | GAA: 2.71 | SP: .908 | SO: 3
22 Jonas Hiller Anaheim W: 29 | GAA: 2.41 | SP: .914 | SO: 4
23 Niklas Backstrom Minnesota W: 29 | GAA: 2.37 | SP: .908 | SO: 4
24 Cam Ward Carolina W: 28 | GAA: 2.74 | SP: .910 | SO: 3
25 Jonathan Bernier Toronto W: 28 | GAA: 2.45 | SP: .918 | SO: 4
26 Ben Bishop Tampa Bay W: 27 | GAA: 2.84 | SP: .909 | SO: 2
27 Cory Schneider New Jersey W: 26 | GAA: 2.43 | SP: .914 | SO: 2
28 Ray Emery Philadelphia W: 24 | GAA: 2.55 | SP: .910 | SO: 2
29 Jacob Markstrom Florida W: 21 | GAA: 3.01 | SP: .902 | SO: 1
30 Jaroslav Halak St. Louis W: 17 | GAA: 2.38 | SP: .909 | SO: 1
31 Steve Mason Philadelphia W: 16 | GAA: 2.61 | SP: .907 | SO: 2
32 Ilya Bryzgalov UFA W: 16 | GAA: 2.51 | SP: .911 | SO: 1
33 Karri Ramo Calgary W: 15 | GAA: 3.14 | SP: .901 | SO: 0
34 Viktor Fasth Anaheim W: 15 | GAA: 2.44 | SP: .911 | SO: 3
35 Josh Harding Minnesota W: 14 | GAA: 2.55 | SP: .907 | SO: 2
36 James Reimer Toronto W: 14 | GAA: 2.63 | SP: .914 | SO: 2
37 Robin Lehner Ottawa W: 14 | GAA: 2.19 | SP: .920 | SO: 2
38 Martin Brodeur New Jersey W: 12 | GAA: 2.58 | SP: .901 | SO: 1
39 Anton Khudobin Carolina W: 12 | GAA: 2.53 | SP: .915 | SO: 2
40 Michal Neuvirth Washington W: 12 | GAA: 2.66 | SP: .908 | SO: 1

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